Arizona Diamondbacks' Kirk Gibson (23), Alan Trammell (3) and Dave McKay (39) pause for a moment of silence for Tony Gwynn, the Hall of Fame baseball player, who passed away at age 54 prior to a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday, June 16, 2014, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

They will honor the 30th anniversary of the 1984 Detroit Tigers Monday at Comerica Park.

And the teamís accomplishments will be duly noted.

The 35-5 start. Leading wire-to-wire during the regular season. Going 7-1 in the postseason. The World Series championship over the San Diego Padres, just one of four in the history of the Tigers, and their most recent.

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A strong case can be made the í84 Tigers were among the most dominating MLB teams ever.

Yet, three decades have faded the memory.

The í84 Tigers had three very qualified Hall of Fame candidate players Ė shortstop Alan Trammell, second baseman Lou Whitaker and pitcher Jack Morris. None is in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Every notable era of Tigersí history is celebrated with statues beyond the outfield wall at Comerica Park Ė except the í84 Tigers.

When the aspect of importance to community is raised, the í84 Tigers have taken a backseat to the í68 Tigers, the club which helped bring together the Detroit area in the aftermath of the í67 riots.

Itís forgotten how bad the economy was in Michigan during the early 1980s. The unemployment rate was even higher in this state than during the Great Recession a few years back.

Trammell and Whitaker were marvels, by far the longest running double play combination in the history of MLB. Morris won more games any pitcher during the decade of the 1980s.

Willie Hernandez had an incredible season. It is pointed out often that he converted 32 of 33 save opportunities, but Hernandez did so much more. He threw 140 innings in relief that season, compiling a 9-3 record. And he had an outstanding setup man in Aurelio Lopez.

The late Sparky Anderson ranks as one of baseballís all-time great managers.

The í84 Tigers were the first Detroit world championship team since í68. The Red Wings were struggling mightily at the time. The seeds for the Bad Boys Pistons had just been planted. The Lions were, typically, floundering.

Since the í84 Tigers, the Pistons have won three NBA titles and the Red Wings four Stanley Cup championships. Michigan State basketball has become a national power in basketball and, recently, in football. And Michigan has had its glory moments, too, in football and basketball.

In the summer of í84, this town gripped to every moment about the Tigers. Ernie Harwell and Paul Carey were the voices. Cable TV was still in its infancy, and many of the games were on over-the-air television with George Kell. It was before the Internet. The day-to-day drama of baseball was more appreciated. So was a winning team in this town, because it has become the City of Chumps throughout the 1970s and to that point of the 1980s.

There is a perception the í84 Tigers were one-hit wonders, but it was before the wild card, and three divisions in each league. The American League East, where the Tigers were located at the time, was usually the best division in MLB with the Yankees, Red Sox, Blue Jays and the Brewers of Robin Yount and Paul Molitor. The Tigers did win the division title again in 1987, outlasting Toronto in a thrilling pennant race. If there was the AL Central from 1978-88, when the Tigers put together 11 straight winning seasons with the core of their í84 World Series title team, they would have won three more division championships (1979. 1981 and 1986).

For a generation in this state, the í84 Tigers are The Boys of Summer.